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Specifies whether to deploy the package even if it is in a different language.


Click to add a new category to the list.


Lists the available categories for packages.


Click to change the text that describes the selected category.


Click to delete the selected category from the list.


Lists the categories under which applications can be listed in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Click to remove the selected category from the Selected Categories list. This removes the application from Selected Categories in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Click to add the selected category  to the list of selected categories. The application will then appear in the Selected Categories list in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Lists the categories under which the application can be found in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Specifies that the application is deployed as assigned, and that default settings be used for deployment properties.


Specifies that you want to edit the package properties manually rather than accept the defaults. You can also choose between assigned and published for the deployment method.


Specifies that the application is deployed as published, and that default settings will be used for deployment properties.


Click to set advanced deployment options.


Specifies that the application is deployed as assigned.


Specifies whether a published application is automatically installed when the user tries to open a file with the appropriate extension.


Specifies that only a basic display of the installation progress be visible.


Specifies that all installation messages, screens, and so on, be visible during installation of the package.


Specifies that this package should not be displayed in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.


Specifies that the application be deployed as published.


Specifies whether the application should be removed when this Group Policy object no longer applies.


Provides a space where you can change the text that describes the selected category.


Click to move the selected application lower in the precedence list.


Lists the file extensions associated with all packages in this configuration.


Shows a list of applications appropriate to open files with the selected extension. If you want one of the applications to be used, move it to the top of the list.


Click to move the selected application higher in the precedence list.


Click to locate the upgrade package you want.


Specifies that the package should be searched for in the current Group Policy object.


Shows the Group Policy object containing the upgrade package, and provides a space for you to type its name.


Shows the list of packages that can be upgraded. Click to select  the package to be upgraded.


Specifies that the upgrade can be installed without removing the previous version.


Specifies that the package is to be searched for in a particular Group Policy object, which you can specify.


Specifies that the existing package, which is the one selected in the Package to Upgrade window, should be removed before the upgrade is installed.


Lists the locales for which the package will be deployed. Click to select the locale you want.


Click to remove the selected locale from the list so that the package will not be deployed for that locale.


Click to locate a specific modification package (.mst file).


Click to move the selected modification lower in the list.


Lists the modifications (transforms) to be applied to the package. Click to select the one you want. Modifications are applied in order, from the top to the bottom of the list. In cases of conflict, modifications applied later take precedence because they overwrite earlier ones.

Caution: Do not click OK until the list of modifications is complete and in the correct order. Doing so will cause the immediate assignment or publication of the wrongly modified package, which could affect many users. After an incorrectly modified package has been assigned or published, you must either Upgrade the incorrectly modified package with the correctly modified one, or Remove the incorrectly modified package and start over.


Click to remove the selected modification (.mst file) from the list so that the modification will not be applied.


Moves the selected modification higher in the list.


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Shows the name of the product to be deployed in the package, and provides a space for you to type in a new name.


Specifies that future installations of the software not be allowed, but does not remove existing installations.


Specifies that the software should be removed from users and computers immediately, and that future installations of the software will not be allowed.


Specifies that when you add a new package, by default you want it to be assigned and to have the standard package properties. Packages can be assigned to users or to computers.


Specifies that by default, only a basic display of the installation progress is visible.


Click to find a network location to use as the default package location.


Specifies that when a new package is added, the package Properties form should appear. This is convenient if you expect to deviate often from the default package properties.


Specifies that when you add a new package, the Deploy Software dialog box appears. Use this dialog box to choose Assign, Publish, or Advanced published or assigned.


Shows the path to the default location for packages (.msi files), and provides a space for you  to type a specific path to use as the default.


Specifies that by default, all  installation messages, screens, and so on, are visible during installation of the package.


Specifies that when you add a new package, by default you want it to be published, and to have the standard package properties. Packages can be published only to users, not to computers.


Specifies whether the package should be removed when the Group Policy object no longer applies to users or computers.


Click to add a package that this package will upgrade.


(checked builds only)


Shows a list of packages that can be upgraded by the current package; click to select one.


Removes the selected package from the list of packages that can be upgraded by this package.


Specifies whether users or computers with packages that can be upgraded by this package should be required to upgrade.


Click to add an upgrade package.


Shows a list of packages that can be upgraded by the current package; click to select one.


Lists packages that are to be considered upgrades of this package.


Click to remove the selected package from the list so that the present package will no longer be considered an upgrade of it.


Specifies whether users or computers with packages that can be upgraded by this package should be required to upgrade.


Specifies whether existing installations of this product carried out by the user independently of Group Policy, for example from a CD-ROM on the local computer, should be uninstalled first.